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Composer:
Sir William Walton

Conductor:
Adrian Boult

Background: Cockaigne is the first release in the UK in any format. Most works are first releases on CD of the original Westminster source masters. First stereo release on CD & first stereo release in UK of Cockaigne, Young Person’s Guide, Soireés musicales & Matineés musicales. First release on CD of Elgar’s Falstaff from tape source.

CATALOGUE NR: FHR06
RECORD LABEL: First Hand Records
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.39
RELEASE DATE: 17-May-2010

COMPOSER: Sir William Walton  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Nixa-Westminster stereo recordings volume 1
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in B flat minor (Walton). Falstaff op.68. Symphony No.2 in E flat op.63. Cockaigne 'In London Town' - overture op.40 (Elgar). Soiree musicales. Matinees musicales (Rossini / Britten). Young person's guide to the orchestra - mono & stereo versions. 4 Sea Interludes & passacaglia (Britten).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Halls in 1956 & re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios 2010 - Sep-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'It is as ever wonderful to hear Sir Adrian Boult on home turf. It is good, too, to be reminded of the ultra-sensitive side of Boult's Elgar in this Falstaff, where humour and feeling as well as verve abound.'

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